LakeNakuru

A soda lake with a rhino sanctuary around it.

Coordinates: 00°22′S 36°05′E
Elevation: 1,759 m
Area: 188 km²
From Nairobi: 3 h drive
Region: Rift Valley
From: $980 pp

[A]Briefing

An alkaline lake on the Rift Valley floor, ringed by yellow-fever acacia. Flamingos feed on the shallows, and the fenced sanctuary holds one of the country's densest populations of black and white rhino.

[B]What you’ll do

01Black and white rhino at close range
02Lesser flamingo feeding grounds
03Baboon Cliff viewpoint over the lake
04Tree-climbing lions in the acacia forest

[C]Season curve

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Prime: Jul · Aug · Sep

[D]Expeditions through Lake Nakuru

FT-01Safari

NBO → NKR → MMR

Great Migration Pulse

Built around the Mara River crossings. You spend four nights in a private conservancy, with a balloon flight and a day at the river with a guide who reads the herds.

Days: 7
Intensity
From: $3,480

FT-05Adventure

NBO → HGT → NKR

Rift Valley Circuit

A short trip that's active the whole way. You cycle among zebra, walk down a volcanic gorge, take a boat out to the hippos, and finish with rhino at Nakuru. It works well for a long weekend.

Days: 4
Intensity
From: $1,290

FT-00Signature

NBO → SMB → MTK → NKR → MMR → DIA

Zero Latitude Traverse

Our flagship trip covers the whole country in two weeks. You go from the desert north over the equator to the highlands, down through the Rift Valley to the Mara, and finish on the coast, travelling by bush plane, 4×4 and dhow.

Days: 14
Intensity
From: $7,900

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Naivasha & Hell's Gate

Safari vehicle parked beneath a lone acacia on the Mara plains

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